Friday... What an amazing difference God can and will make in our lives.

Psalm 43:3a (NLT), "Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me."

Friday... What an amazing difference God can and will make in our lives.

It is so true.

What are you facing today? What questions are going through your mind today? And where do you turn for answers?

Psalm 43:3a shows us an amazing difference that having God in our life can make. It says, "Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me." We can be so confused when we strive to live all on our own. In this day and age with so much out there striving to get our attention life can be so confusing. Have you watched YouTube? There is so much on there. So which one is the truth?

What an amazing difference God can and will make in our lives but we must turn to him on a daily and even a moment to moment basis. But it is so awesome to have a relationship with God, the one who created us, the one who is omnipotent, all powerful, who is omniscient, all knowing, who is omnipresent, he is everywhere, the one who is all loving, the one who does not lie, who tells the truth, in fact he is the truth. Yes, he can be trusted. And we can turn to him. So pray, "Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me."

I'm reading in Genesis about Abram. In Genesis 12 and verse 1 says, "The Lord had said to Abram, 'Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father, and go to a land that I will show you.'" Now God didn't stop there. Verses 2-3 says, "I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you." And what did he do? Verse 4a says, "So Abram departed as the Lord instructed."

Now he could have played it safe and said, "That doesn't make sense. I've got it made here. There is too much risk." But he didn't. He listened to God. And what an amazing difference God made in Abram's life and all who came after him. The story of Abram who God changed his name to Abraham is a great story. And we also have a story that God wants to tell through us.

Back to Psalm 43:3, which says, "Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live."

Now Abraham's life was a continued relationship with God and we need to live that way too but life isn't always easy.

Psalm 43:2-5 says, "For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies? Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live. There I will go to the altar of God, to God - the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God! Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again - my Savior and my God!"

And remember that through all we will go through, God can and will make an amazing difference in our live. He really will. Just seek him, read his Word on a daily basis and follow him. "So Abram departed as the Lord instructed." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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